Town and Regional Planning

Why study Town and Regional Planning at Dundee?

Dundee is a long established centre of excellence for professional planning education. It is an ideal place to study for a planning qualification as the City of Dundee and its rural surroundings offer excellent case studies of innovative planning practice. The Dundee Central Waterfront Master Plan and the Mill O'Mains Community Regeneration are two outstanding examples of best practice.

"The Dundee Waterfront vision is to transform, energise and connect the city to the waterfront, threading the city and water together to create a special sense of place. A place that draws people to visit, live, work and invest!"
Taken from www.dundeewaterfront.com

Our staff are engaged in research of national and international importance in the fields of housing and homelessness, urban regeneration, environmental assessment and urban conservation.

Professional Accreditation

The MA Town and Regional Planning is fully accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), the planners' professional body, which means you can go on to become a chartered planner.

Transatlantic Student Exchange Programme

Students have the chance to undertake some of their studies in North America, through a planning exchange programme with the University of North British Columbia in Canada, and via the University's Transatlantic Student Exchange programme, which allows students to study in a range of universities across the USA and Canada.

Student society

There is an active student society called SPAD (Student Planners Association Dundee) which organises social events and visiting speakers.

Amy Millar graduated from this course in 2011. She says "I really enjoyed the different types of coursework; no two pieces were the same. There were essays, reports, presentations, designing eco friendly buildings, thinking up uses for vacant pieces of land around Dundee and conducting surveys to name just a few. It kept things exciting and challenging."

Fieldtrips and Coursework

The first video shows third year Town and Regional Planning students working on a Town Study of Crieff, and the second shows first year students on a day trip to the Scottish Lime Centre in Charlestown.

• MA Town and Regional Planning
• MA Geography and Planning
• MA Spatial Economics and Development

• Economic Studies
• Environmental Sustainability